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J. B. S'WBETLAND.

HARVESTER RAKE.

No. 70,000. Patented Mar. 24, 1868,

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JEROME B. SWEETLA-N'D, 0F PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 76,000, dated March 24, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JsnoinrB. SWEETLAKD, of the city of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, and in the State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and-useful Improvement in Horvestcr-Rslrcs; and do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drewings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making port of this specification, A represents the main frame, B the main uxle, and B B the wheels of n reaping or mowing-rnachine 6' represents the platform, rind D the cutter-bar; all of which may be constructed in any of the well-known and usual ways. My improvement relates more particularly to the rake and its attachment. I p

The back of the platform, upon its upper edge, is-provided with a plate or way, Z, upon which moves a slide, W. This slide embraces the sides of the way in such a manner that it is kept securely in position; To

this slide is pivoted the rake P, at its rear end, so that it is allowed to rise above and fall upon the platform 0, in the operation ofrnlcing the groin. Extending out froni the heck of the slide is a plate, n, the purpose of which will be described. Q represents a curved rod, which is hinged to the rake in such a manner as toho nllowedonly a partial rotation backward and forward uponits hinge. This rod is provided upon its outer end with a suitable ball or weight, and with anotch or shoulder at m. When the rolre is raised, the notch at '11; catches under the outer end of plate is, and serves to hold the ro'ln up. N repi'escnts a belt, which is attached near its centre to the slide W: This belt has one end attached to a pulley,'M, and the other end to a springpulley, 0.

The pulley O is placed upon a stationary shnft at one side of the platform, and has coiled within it a. list spring, similar to a clock-spring, one'end of which is made fast to the shaft, while the other is made fast to the pulley. This pulloy, with its spring, moves the rake in one direction upon the platform, while the pulley M moves it in the other.

, On the inner face of one of the driving-'whcels is secured: gear-wheel, E, which gears into another gear .wheel, F. Thewheel'h is secured uponone end of shaft G, which lies under the main frame A, and crosswi sc of it. Upon shaft G is-secureds berol-wheeh-H, which gears into another bevel-wheelon s shaft, 1, which rrins at right angles to shaft G, and toward the rear of the frame. 4 The pnlley.M is secured upon a clutch-sleeve, and this sleeve is passed over the outer end of shsft I. When this sleeve, J, is moved inwards, it clutches with pins or lugs' on astotionory collar on shaft I, and thus stations the clutch-sleeve and pulley upon thh shaft,'bnt when the pulley is at the extremity of the shaft, it is stationary, while the shaft revolves; J reprecents a forked/lever, which takes at its forked end into a groove in the sleeve J, snd serves to move it inward, while a spring V, pressing against it, serves to move it outward. e e represent two small bars, which are pivoted together near one end. One end of these bars is pivoted to a little standard on the main frame, while one end of the other bar is pivoted to the lever-J. When the pulley M is thrown inward ind in gear, the two bars as straighten to the same line, or until their pivots are nil in line, and thus serve to brace the lever and keep it in this position. These bars are thrown up, so that the spring Y can throw the pulley M out-of gear, by means of a. l'sr, V. This bar V runs through keepers or loops on the back of the main frame, and beneath the bars e 0. One end ofthe bar is pro vided, ifter being suitably bent, with a hole or'opening, through which the belt N passes, and a plate, It, upon this belt cutches against the bar V, and moves it lengthwise, so that an'elevatiou upon said bar posses under the bars e e, and throws them oil of their centres,

K represents a rod, therear end of which is attached to the upper end of lever J, while the forward end is attached to a foot-piece, L. This foot-piece is hinged to the main frame, and hose ring or pin on each side to keep it from moving too for, or rather revolvingbeyond a certain point, either forward or bachwoid. When the driver wishes to throw the rake ingenr, he pushesthe foot-piece backward; this-causes the rod K to move lever J, and throw the pulley Min gear with the shaft 1.

Wheri the pulley M revolves, it winds the belt N around it, and drsw's the rake in one direction across the platform 0, but as soon as the stop .or plate It stri'lres bu'r V, and throws pulleyM out of gear, the spring in pulley 0 causes said pulley to revolve in on opposite direction, and wind the belt around it, and thus draw the rake hack again over the platform. The rake, however, as it returns, is raised at an angle of forty-five degrees or more to the platform, so that it will not strike the grain which has fallen.

The rake-is raised by means of an inelined guid'e-plate, S, which is secured near the way Z, and at that side of the platformnextto the main frame. When the rake runs over this guide-plate, said plate causes it to turn upon its hinge until the notch at m on rod Q catchesbeneath the plate at on the slide W. The rake remains in this position until drawn across the platform, when the rod Q comes in contact with a pointed bar, R, which throws its notch from connection with plate n, and allows the rake to fall upon the platform, in position to rake grain of? when desirable. o v t T represents the reel-standard. An arm, 11, projects 'from this standard over the platform, as seen Figure 1, said arm being provided with teeth, ti. Tho object of this toothed arm is, in case it is necessary to have more room between one of the wheels B and the inner. side of the platform, than is usually hurl by using this rack or guard, the inner end of the platform can be cut off, and give more room for the grain to drop clear.

Having thus fully described my inverition, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-,

1. The rod Q, with its weight and notch, used with the plate n for holding up the rake, as is herein fully set forth.

with a spring, which draws the rake back after it has been carried forward by. the pulley M, substantially as set forth.

3.- The arrangement of pulley Maud sleeve 3'' upon shaft I, with the lever J, spring Y, and rod K, as and for the purpose herein specified.

4. The bars e e, in combination with lever J'jand trip-bar V', which is operated upon by the plate h on belt N, as and for the purpose specified. i ,o

5. The bar R, in combination with the rod Q upon the rake, used as and'i'or the purpose described, 6. The rack or guardu upon the reel-standard, when used substantially as and for the purpose set forth. In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 14th day of January, 1868.

" JEROME B. SWEETLAND.

Witnesses:

A. W. BURTT, E. F. Dawn.

2. The pulleys M and O, and belt N, used with the rake P for giving it motion, the pulley'O'being provided 

